Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sherra

#7,589 most common girls' name of all time · #12,721 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1937–1998

Rank among girls
#7,589
Rank overall
#12,721 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
897
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1970 #2,618
Best rank
#1,895 1943
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
194019601980

Sherra first appears in 1937. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1998 5 — 5 #14,437
1996 6 — 6 #12,038
1993 5 — 5 #13,787
1991 8 — 8 #9,507
1990 11 — 11 #7,440
1989 9 — 9 #8,191
1988 12 — 12 #6,365
1987 9 — 9 #7,494
1986 26 — 26 #3,402
1985 19 — 19 #4,187
1984 15 — 15 #4,814
1983 21 — 21 #3,740
1982 16 — 16 #4,595
1981 18 — 18 #4,213
1980 18 — 18 #4,204
1979 24 — 24 #3,370
1978 19 — 19 #3,836
1977 28 — 28 #2,863
1976 19 — 19 #3,598
1975 22 — 22 #3,210
1974 10 — 10 #5,516
1973 17 — 17 #3,697
1972 18 — 18 #3,459
1971 17 — 17 #3,708
1970 28 — 28 #2,618
1969 20 — 20 #3,050
1968 18 — 18 #3,123
1967 17 — 17 #3,147
1966 19 — 19 #2,899
1965 12 — 12 #3,851
1964 19 — 19 #2,967
1963 16 — 16 #3,264
1962 14 — 14 #3,524
1961 24 — 24 #2,516
1960 22 — 22 #2,622
1959 19 — 19 #2,733
1958 21 — 21 #2,558
1957 12 — 12 #3,629
1956 13 — 13 #3,431
1955 13 — 13 #3,333
1954 21 — 21 #2,433
1953 17 — 17 #2,674
1952 19 — 19 #2,490
1951 12 — 12 #3,252
1950 17 — 17 #2,518
1949 18 — 18 #2,401
1948 18 — 18 #2,407
1947 16 — 16 #2,616
1946 21 — 21 #2,085
1945 14 — 14 #2,445
1944 9 — 9 #3,354
1943 22 — 22 #1,895
1942 7 — 7 #4,075
1941 5 — 5 #4,968
1940 5 — 5 #4,934
1938 10 — 10 #2,938
1937 7 — 7 #3,797